While carrying out surveillance of bats in Brazil, scientists have identified multiple different coronaviruses, including a ...

Scientists in Brazil discovered a novel coronavirus in bats that closely resembles the MERS-CoV virus. Continuous ...

The new bat coronavirus was discovered in Brazil and has a spike protein that is 72% similar to the one found in the Middle ...

Scientists have found a new coronavirus in bats in Brazil with strong similarities to Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) ...

Scientists from Brazil have identified a novel coronavirus that shares similarities with the virus that causes Middle East ...

HCoV-HKU1, which spreads through respiratory droplets, is less severe than SARS or COVID-19. Experts suggested preventive ...

The Mers virus was first identified in 2012 in Saudi Arabia and has since led to over 850 deaths with cases of infection reported across more than two dozen countries. The new coronavirus ...

HKU1 infection typically presents as an upper respiratory tract illness with symptoms like cough, cold, sneezing, and throat ...

but we detected parts of the virus's spike protein [which binds to mammalian cells to start an infection] suggesting potential interaction with the receptor used by Mers-CoV," revealed Bruna ...